• Had a great time at the beach on Sunday. Huge thank you to everyone who made it happen.
  • I love the fact that we have the opportunity to baptize people in the ocean.  My 5 year old son kept asking me, “Daddy why were you ‘bath-um-atizing’ those people?”  I’m sure many other people at the beach were wondering the same thing which is why we do it at the beach when we can.  The following day I was able to explain to my son why people get baptized. I’ve shared the gospel with thousands of people, but there’s nothing that compares to sharing the gospel with your children.
  • Another great part of the day was when Mark’s son Trent asked me if he could be baptized.  His older brother quickly came over to do the honors and proceeded to dunk him under the water several times. Each time asking me if he was doing it right. I’m not sure if he’s a pastor in training, or was just enjoying the opportunity to dunk his brother over and over in Jesus’ name… perhaps it was both.
  • The name of the book I referenced in the message was What a Difference a Daddy Makes: The Indelible Imprint a Dad Leaves on His Daughter’s Life by Dr. Kevin Leman. It’s a great book and you can pick up a used copy of it for under $3 plus shipping.  Well worth it.
  • Some of the stats I pulled for the message were from a Swiss study on how important the faith of the father in the home is.  Here’s a .pdf that give more of the study’s findings. Bottom line here’s what the study found, if a father does not go to church, no matter how faithful his wife’s devotions, only one child in 50 will become a regular worshipper. If a father does go regularly, regardless of the practice of the mother, between two-thirds and three-quarters of their children will become churchgoers (regular and irregular). If a father goes but irregularly to church, regardless of his wife’s devotion, between a half and two-thirds of their offspring will find themselves coming to church regularly or occasionally.
  • This is Chris’ last week of his internship. Chris will be preaching at the 9am service this week. The message topic and Bible references will be the same at both services, but Chris will only be doing the first service. I am excited to hear him teach.
  • Melissa and I took our 3 little ones to see Toy Story 3 this week. The first Toy Story movie came out 15 years ago. I can’t believe it’s been that long. The story line of the movie involves Andy going off to college. I know that day is coming for our three sooner than I want it to. Life is short, enjoy each day you have with your little ones. I heard a great song for all of you parents that have one of your children heading off to college this year. It’s called “Everything is Yours” by Audrey Assad. You can watch the video of it below.